For celestial enthusiasts, the past several days have been a celebration of the night. This week is International Dark Sky Week. Founded in 2003 by Jennifer Barlow, then a 15-year-old high school ...

The Moon, Venus, and Saturn are expected to briefly align into a rare formation resembling a “smiley face” this week, Nasa ...

The weeklong celebration from April 21-28 focuses on combating light pollution and conserving dark nighttime conditions, per the dark sky week website. In Michigan, explorers can visit dark sky parks ...

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

A rare 'smiley face' will appear in the sky on April 25th. Venus, Saturn, and the crescent Moon will align ... have an unobstructed view with no tall structures or natural features in sight ...

Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

This rare alignment will be visible for about an hour at around 5.30am on Friday morning, with sunrise taking place at around ...

Head’s up, skywatchers, as April closes out, the night sky will include a crescent moon alignment this week on Friday, April 25. The grouping of planets will include bright Venus, Saturn, and the ...

The annual Lyrid meteor shower will peak on Tuesday, delivering up to 20 shootings stars per hour to the skies over the UK.

A triple planetary conjunction is lighting up the skies with a “smiley face” on April 25, thanks to Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon coming ... so the night sky will already be bustling ...